Miguel Castro Jr Work Plan

Preparation and Planning

• Pack gear, i.e. Workshop safety, recommended clothing, electronics, tools, stainless steel pot, rice and beans, artist supplies, tent, cot, sleeping bag, books, reference materials

Dedicated Project Visit Details

• Duration - 7/6 - 8/2 (long term residency is desired)
• Arrive at FeF on 7/06/13 at 3:00pm

• 7/6-7/7-Settle in at FeF and familiarize myself with FeF site layout and daily life standards and practices
• 7/8-7/12 - Step 1
• 7/15-7/19 - Step 2
• 7/20-7/22 - 3 day trip to Milwaukee; returning the night of 7/22
• 7/23-7/26 - Step 3
• 7/29-8/2 - Step 3 cont.

Note: Saturdays and Sundays will most likely be used to continue laboring with FeF team and/or training in areas of weakness in my professional/personal development

Logistics

• Financial

• I do not desire financial compensation for the DPV
• Financial compensation may be considered if long-term residency is approved
• I will cover all of my financial expenses
• $300 damage deposit will be made to FeF for my DPV

• Food

• I will provide my own food or contribute financially to any current meal practices currently in place

• Shelter

• I will sleep in my tent with a cot

• Transportation

• I have a car that I will use to travel to/from Milwaukee/FeF and get supplies locally

• Insurance

• I have health/dental insurance provided by the local VA hospital
• I have auto insurance and AAA for my vehicle

At Fator e Farm

• Labor and train in Technical Development and documentation to include Design, CAD, materials and parts lists, prototyping, fabrication, R&D, peer review
• Provide support with site management and cooking.

Personal/Professional Development Process at FeF

• Step 1-Laborer/Shop Hand

• Become proficient in standard FeF standard practices and processes
• Adapt to FeF work flow and culture
• Familiarize myself with GVCS prototypes and projects already in process
• Observe FeF products and environment to identify where I may specialize/concentrate my energy and labor to benefit and achieve the mission of FeF and the GVCS
• All of the above will be done by volunteering my time to help in current FeF projects-i.e. sweeping the floor, grabbing a wrench, welding, CAD work, making rice and beans, etc.

• Step 2- Student

• Labor in an area to progress the current FeF projects
• Focus my personal development/research/training/studying to become proficient in a role not currently fulfilled at FeF or one that extra support is needed
• Immerse myself in desired area of expertise-CAD, prototyping, fabrication, design, research
• 50/50 FeF/Personal development-Half of my time as laborer/shop hand and half of my time studying/training in selected area(s) of professional development

• Step 3-Specialization

• Area of study/specialization directly benefits current FeF projects and overall mission of GVCS
• 100% of time-professional/personal development are integrated into daily workflow
• Become highly proficient in area(s) of expertise
• Continue studying/training on my own time to continue professional/personal development

Conclusion of Dedicated Project Visit

• Determine if a long term residency is available
• Identify short term, medium term, and long term goals of residency if it is an offered

At Factor e Farm

• Select soil supplier after soil inspection
• Build ~300 sq ft building with sheltered processing area(doubles as my living quaters until full production is reached and utilizes the entire space; approx. 6 months)
• Build rocket mass heater
• Work with Marshall Hilton to design bicycle-powered harvester for processing the worm castings and increase efficiency by an estimated 50-60%
• Standardize manufacturing process to facilitate worm farm consulting and training for community based worm farms
• Develop methods of manufacturing innovative part designed to retrofit common 5GAL buckets into worm farm production units
• Scale-up worm farm facilites (soil input at $20/cu yd to castings output at $270/cu yd bulk; estimated 1200% ~value added processing)
• Standardize worm production to match fish food supply needs of future aquaponics system.
• Work on CAD with all project
• Organize tools and shop (Meticulous application of 5S to FeF)
• Develop collaboration with National Congress of American Indians
• Fabricating
• Agriculture/farming
• General construction
• Develop small scale aquaponics to be scaled up after we all learn the fundamentals and process involved in our own food production
• Work with Marshall Hilton to design future CEB worm farm/aquappnics/dwelling structure for implementation, documentation, and replication